The Korea Herald

State mental health system at breaking point amid psychiatrist understaffing

By ABC NEWS (Australia)

Published : Nov. 20, 2024 - 08:22

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Doctors are warning the state's mental health system is at breaking point, with one in two public hospital psychiatrists threatening to quit their jobs over chronic understaffing. They're demanding the government recruit and retain more specialists by bringing pay into line with other states.